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Team Science Minor
Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Online
Hybrid
Est. time to complete:
2-3 semesters
Credit Hours:
24
Build better teams and harness collaborative technology to achieve cross-disciplinary
goals efficiently and take your business to the next level.
Team Science is a multidisciplinary field that concentrates on the interpersonal,
intrapersonal, organizational, physical, environmental, technological, societal, and
political contextual factors in the workplace. Team Science touches on the collaborative
functioning of teams and small groups in the workplace, often involving cross-disciplinary
and cross-functional groups.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn a Team Science Minor?
The UNT-TSci program studies the antecedent conditions, collaborative processes, and outcomes associated with teams and small groups. Topics studied within this program include: group dynamics, team processes, leadership, team leadership, team training, team evaluation, team cognition, intergroup conflict, change theory, complexity leadership theory, decision-making/problem-solving skills, and systems thinking - along with a preview of the technologies used to support teams and small groups in the workplace.
Team Science Minor Highlights
Faculty members within the department continue this leadership role through scholarship,
grant acquisition, teaching and service activities.
The degree programs of the Department of Learning Technologies are nationally and
internationally known for preparing future educators and technology professionals
to advance knowledge of technology tools and their applications.
Team Science Minor Courses You Could Take
Team Building (3 hrs)
This course introduces students to the different types of teams and their processes.
Students will learn systematic approaches to team building, including planning, implementing,
managing, and completing the teamwork processes. Students will become familiar with
the six enabling conditions that create team-friendly work environments. Students
will learn different team building tools, the role that diversity plays in successful
teams, and will be introduced to some of the challenges to teamwork.
Team Cognition (3 hrs)
This interdisciplinary course focuses on describing, exploring, and understanding
human cognition in social settings. This course explores the meaning of cognition
with emphases on cognition as a shared activity rather than just an individual activity.
This course covers evidence-based literature from other cognate disciplines such as
anthropology, biology, computer science, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences.
Team Dynamics (3 hrs)
This course focuses on describing, exploring, and understanding all things related
to human groups. Being able to successfully work in a team/group environment is critical
in today’s age of complexity. This course identifies the characteristics of a team,
studies different team related theories, identifies how to manage or lead teams, and
highlights how to optimize a team’s overall performance. As an interdisciplinary topic,
this course covers evidence-based literature from the disciplines of anthropology,
biology, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences.
Team Decision Making (3 hrs)
This course provides overview of individual decision making techniques then extends
the conversation to include group level decision making techniques and theories. Students
will be able to identify and distinguish between various problem types (i.e., simple
problems, complex problems, wicked problems). Students will learn how to address complex
and wicked problems using different group decision making tools and processes.
Evaluation, Measurement and ROI (3 hrs)
This course covers evaluation techniques for assessing the performance of individual
team members and teams. Different evaluation models for the workplace will be presented
along with coverage of topics related to assessing return on investment (ROI).
Principles of Team Science (3 hrs)
This course provides students with an overview of team science and how this field
of science applies to the workplace. Students will gain an understanding of evidence-based
practices that apply to team and small group settings and will learn how to apply
these practices to the workplace. The fundamentals of teams and their processes will
be covered along with introducing students to various tools that could be applied
to team and small group settings in the workplace.
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